MICHELLE
ggwendolyn
The Independent
San Francisco,
CA
This event is all ages.
Costumes are encouraged this Halloween season! For everyone’s safety, get spooky, but please remember:
• Respect the cultures of others when choosing your costume (e.g., no headdresses permitted).
• Leave toy weapons of any kind (guns, knives, baseball bats, handcuffs, etc.) and fake blood at home.
• First responder and city services costumes, including law enforcement, medical staff, and firefighters, are strictly prohibited.
• Reflective Hi-Vis gear and hard hats are also prohibited.
• Facial coverings and masks (that are not removable) or full-face makeup that make you unrecognizable from your government-issued photo ID are not permitted.
• Neither are hard-sided helmets or headgear that could cause injury to yourself or other patrons.
• Inflatable costumes or props that impede other patrons’ concert experience should also be left at home.
• As always, refer to the prohibited items list for a complete overview of what is and is not allowed in the venue inclusive of items that are deemed unsafe.
If you have any questions, please reach out to [email protected].
All doors & show times subject to change.
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MICHELLE
MICHELLE’s first project of buoyant R&B tracks was an ode to New York City, the city where all 6 members of the band grew up. But amid the success of that project, 2018’s HEATWAVE, and 2022’s AFTER DINNER WE TALK DREAMS, they left home and broadened their perspective. The band traveled across the U.S. and Europe opening for Gus Dapperton, Arlo Parks, and Mitski, headlining their own shows, and playing festivals.
While writing their new album, Songs About You Specifically, MICHELLE decided to rent out a house in Ojai, California. Surrounded by lizards, the smell of ripe cactus fruit, and endless expanses of sand, they experienced a sense of solitude and closeness they hadn’t before. It shifted the tone of their work. While their earlier music channeled the churning restlessness of the city, these news songs meander and expand into starry shoegaze reveries, slick funk riffs, and lilting 80s synth pop.
Their newfound closeness also helped them write more vulnerable music. On Songs About You Specifically, the band members express their complicated desires, voice their regrets, and own up to their moments of selfishness. By slowing down, cutting out any distractions, and fostering a sense of communal closeness that necessitated honesty, MICHELLE ended up with a collection of songs that feel like the truth.